Art and designיהושע בורקובסקי

Joshua Borkovsky

Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky is an Israeli painter and photographer who lives and works in Jerusalem.

born 1952Painting in open-ended cyclesPhotographs of Hajj house paintingsTeaching at Bezalel

Occupation: painter, photographer, sculptor, installation artist
Education: Hunter College

Joshua Borkovsky was born in 1952 in Rishon LeZion

Joshua Borkovsky, also known as Shuky, was born on 19 January 1952 in Rishon LeZion. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem from 1973 to 1977. He later studied art at Hunter College in New York.

In 1978 he began teaching at the Art Teachers College in Ramat Hasharon. In 1979 he joined the faculty of Bezalel, where he teaches sculpture. He has also led workshops at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

His first solo exhibition opened in 1979 at the art pavilion in Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv. His paintings show images such as the outlines of sailing ships, maps and geometric forms. He works in open cycles in which each painting differs slightly from the one before.

In 2005 he published a book of photographs of Hajj paintings, made on house fronts to honor pilgrims returning from Mecca. The book came with an exhibition at the Ein Harod Museum of Art. In 2013 the Israel Museum showed "Veronese Green," with 58 works from 10 painting cycles, and he received the Dizengoff Prize for painting.